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Our Galaxy is called …?
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Our Galaxy is called …?
H the Mars Bar
T the Milky Way
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Mars has how many moons?
H 1
T 2
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The star Betelgeuse is a
H red giant ?
T white dwarf ?
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Which is the biggest planet in our Solar System?
H Saturn
T Jupiter
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Which planet has the hottest surface?
H Mercury
T Venus
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The largest mountain in the Solar System is on
H Mars
T The Earth
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How many Earths would fit in the Sun?
H a million
T a thousand
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The smallest planet in the Solar System is
H Pluto
T Mercury
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How many stars can you see in the sky with your
unaided eye?
H 60,000
T 6,000
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Phoebe orbits around which planet?
H Saturn
T Uranus
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How many moons has Jupiter?
H 63
T 23
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Which is the correct order of the planets away from the
Sun?
H Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
T Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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The greatest number of people in space at any one
time was
H 13
T 11
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This is a …
H Womble
T Clanger
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How far is the Sun away from Earth?
H 150 million km
T 15 million km
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Which shows a picture of Mars?
H T
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How many people have walked on the Moon?
H 12
T 9
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How many planets have been found round other
stars so far?
H around 50
T around 250
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Which is the fourth biggest planet in our Solar System?
H Neptune
T Uranus
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The first piloted spaceflight was in
H 1961
T 1973
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How many Earths could you fit in Jupiter ?
H 1300
T 130
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No-one has walked on the Moon since…
H 1971
T 1972
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What is the name of the brightest star?
H Sirius
T Betelgeuse
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How long is Jupiter’s day?
H 10 Earth-hours
T 10 Earth-days
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How many (Earth-)years does it take Neptune to travel round the Sun?
H 165
T 325
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The longest a spacecraft has lasted on the surface of
Venus is
H 2 hours and 14 minutes
T 14 hours and 2 minutes
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How many of the giant gas planets in our Solar System have rings around them ?
H 2
T 4
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This crater is on
H Mars
T the Earth
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How many satellites has Uranus?
H 31
T 27
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The most volcanically active body in the Solar System is
H the Earth
T Io
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Sputnik was launched in
H 1957
T 1958
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The fastest winds in the Solar System are found on
H Jupiter
T Neptune
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Umbriel is a moon around
H Uranus
T Neptune
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Uranus was discovered in what year?
H 1871
T 1781
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The largest storm in the Solar System is on
H Jupiter
T Mars
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This moon of Saturn is called
H Phoebe
T Hyperion
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In what year was Pluto discovered?
H 1930
T 1910
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Which planet is half-way out to Pluto from the Sun?
H Uranus
T Jupiter
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Mimas is a moon of…?
H Uranus
T Saturn
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The first woman in space flew in
H 1963
T 1965
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Triton orbits which planet in our Solar System?
H Saturn
T Neptune
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In what year was Neptune discovered?
H 1846
T 1781